Improvement in transportation-case



dinard tant gated @emite NORTON, AND ALTON H. FANCHER.

Letters Patent No. 93,218, (lated August 3, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRANSPORTATION-CASE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent; and making part ol' the same.

To all whom t't 'may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN NORTON, of Toledo, in the county of Lucas, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Transportation-Gase for packing cans and I do hereby dec-lare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which `will enable others skilled in the art to .make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing, forming part of. this specification.

The obj ect of this invention is to provide an ilnproved packing-case for the protection of tin shipping-cans, such as are used for shipping oil and other substances, and are sent back and forth, both iilled and empty, and are thussubjected to damage by careless handling, and other causes.

lhe invention consists in a packing-case made of wood or other suitable substance permanently enclosing the can, and provided with a sectional lid, cover, or door, arranged to open a sufficient space only at the nozzle to permit of ready iilling or emptying the can.

Figure l represents a side elevation of my improved case in the closed condition,` broken at one corner.

Figure- 2 represents another elevation, with the door open.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

I make a strong box, A, of any suitable material, but preferably of wood, adapted in size and shape to receive and enclose. a packing-can,B,-such,as is commonly used for shipping oil, and I secure the top pel;- manently to the said box after inserting the can.

Io admit of filling these cans, and emptying them,

without the labor and delayl of raising up the whole of a hinged cover, as commonly done, I provide small openings c, with doors in these cases, opposite the nozzles, which openings embrace only so much of the covers and sides of the oase, as is required to furnish suicient space for pouring into or out of the cans.

vAs. the nozzles are located near the sides or corners of the cans, I propose to make the said doorsto embrace portions of the`sdes, as Well as the tops of the The said packing-cases commonly have the nozzles' placed at the corners, and to facilitate the handling of the cans, especially in turning them up for pouring when the nozzles are so placed, I propose to place the handles F with the sidesfacing the nozzles, so that when the cases aresuspended by the said handles and tilted for pouring, the saidfnozzles will naturally assume the lowest point. v v

I am aware that a f transportation-case has been heretofore patented, whiclnin .its general appearance, somewhat resembles mine, but in that case, the outlet 'and lid are located in the centre of one side, while in mine, they are placed at the intersection of the two sides and upon the upper cover thereof. The great advantage of this arrangement is that the contents are made to converge to the point of a diedral angle, and thus to be emptied without delay or trouble.

I therefore claim-- The im iroved ackinmcase fortrans ortation l a a its nozzle and cover being constructed and located, yas shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me,this 12th day of April, 1869.

EDWIN NORTON.

-Witnesses JOHN J. MANOR, l). E. MERRILL. 

